<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Library Procedures - Tk_HandleEvent manual page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY> <H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3> Tk_HandleEvent - invoke event handlers for window system events <H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3> <B>#include <tk.h></B><BR> <B>Tk_HandleEvent</B>(<I>eventPtr</I>)<BR> <H3><A NAME="M4">ARGUMENTS</A></H3> <DL> <P><DT>XEvent <B>*eventPtr</B> (in)<DD> Pointer to X event to dispatch to relevant handler(s). <P></DL> <H3><A NAME="M5">DESCRIPTION</A></H3> <B>Tk_HandleEvent</B> is a lower-level procedure that deals with window events. It is called by <B>Tk_ServiceEvent</B> (and indirectly by <B>Tk_DoOneEvent</B>), and in a few other cases within Tk. It makes callbacks to any window event handlers (created by calls to <B><A HREF="../TkLib/EventHndlr.htm">Tk_CreateEventHandler</A></B>) that match <I>eventPtr</I> and then returns. In some cases it may be useful for an application to bypass the Tk event queue and call <B>Tk_HandleEvent</B> directly instead of calling <B>Tk_QueueEvent</B> followed by <B>Tk_ServiceEvent</B>. <P> This procedure may be invoked recursively. For example, it is possible to invoke <B>Tk_HandleEvent</B> recursively from a handler called by <B>Tk_HandleEvent</B>. This sort of operation is useful in some modal situations, such as when a notifier has been popped up and an application wishes to wait for the user to click a button in the notifier before doing anything else. <H3><A NAME="M6">KEYWORDS</A></H3> <A href="../Keywords/C.htm#callback">callback</A>, <A href="../Keywords/E.htm#event">event</A>, <A href="../Keywords/H.htm#handler">handler</A>, <A href="../Keywords/W.htm#window">window</A> <HR><PRE> <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1990-1992 The Regents of the University of California. <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.</PRE> </BODY></HTML>